Improvement in trace-lock for whiffletrees



s. P. WILLIAMS.

Whifiietree Hook.

Patented Dec. 7, 1869;

iiiiizemes. In veniar.

* waited $21125 Letters Patent No. 97,578, dated December 7, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT INv TRACE-LOCK. FOR WHIFFLETREES.

The Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P.WILLIAMS, of Rutland, in the county ofRutland, and State of Vermont, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trace- Lock for Whiifietrees; and Ido hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in

which the figure is a side view of a whifiietree to which 1 my improvedtrace-lock has been attached.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved look, by means ofwhich the trace or tug may be effectually guarded against becomingaccidentally detached, and which shall at the'same time be simple inconstruction, and easily applied and operated; and

It consists in the spring, in combination with the whifiietree andtrace-hook, when so constructed as to enter the same eye of the trace ortug with the said trace-hook, and hold the trace or tug securely uponsaid book, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents a whifiletree, to the ends of which are attachedtrace-hooks B, which may be attached to the ends of the whiifletree, ormay he made solid with the ferrules, as may be desired.

G are springs, the inner ends of which are securedto the whiffletree A,in such positions that their outer ends may be even with the hooks B.

The outer ends of the springs O are bent forward slightly, as shown inthe figure, to prevent them from slipping out of the eyes of the tracesor tugs.

- Tlhe out-er ends ofthe springs O are passed through the same eyes ofthe traces or tugs D with the tracehooks B, and, pressing against theforward parts of said eyesby their elasticity, hold the said tugs ortraces securely upon the trace-hooks, and'prevent them from becomingaccidentally detached.

\Vith this construction, it is also very easy to hook and nnhook thetugs or traces,'as the hooks can be made short, and require but verylittle slack to the said tugs or traces.

JHaving thus described my invention, I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The springs O,in combination withthe whiflietree and trace-hooks, when said springsare so constructed as to enter the same eyes of the traces or tugs withthe trace-hooks, and hold the said tugs or traces forward upon saidhooks, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposeset forth;

' SAMUEL P. WILLIAMS.

I Witnesses:

A. H. TUTTLE, WM. V. MEEKER.

